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Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker

By Bill at March 22, 2019 16:43
Filed Under: Visa Knowledge

Regular Processing

Form I-129 is filed at the California Service Center (CSC), the Vermont Service Center (VSC), the Nebraska Service Center (NSC), or the Texas Service Center (TSC), depending on which nonimmigrant classification and action the petitioner is requesting and where the petitioner is located. 

For many classifications, the U.S. state or territory where your company or organization’s primary office is located will determine where you should send your Form I-129 package. For example, if your company’s primary office is in New York, file Form I-129 with the VSC regardless of the beneficiary’s worksite. If your company’s primary office is in California, file Form I-129 with the CSC regardless of the beneficiary’s worksite.

Form I-129 petitions for certain nonimmigrant classifications and requested actions are filed at one service center, regardless of where the company or organization’s primary office is located. Currently, only certain H-1B and H-1B1 petitions are filed at the NSC.

Please refer to the “I-129 Nonimmigrant Classification Chart with Filing Locations” chart below for information regarding your specific requested nonimmigrant classification and requested action.

Filing for Temporary Employment or Training in More Than One Location

When the temporary employment or training will be in different locations within the same U.S. state or territory, or in different U.S. states or territories, the state where your company or organization’s primary office is located will still be used to determine where you should file your Form I-129 package, regardless of the beneficiary’s work location(s). For example, if the beneficiary will work or receive training in two or more different locations in the state of Arizona, and your company’s primary office is in New York, file Form I-129 with the VSC. If the beneficiary will work or receive training in a location in Arizona and in another location in Florida, and your company’s primary office is in New York, file Form I-129 with the VSC.

Listing Your Organization’s Primary Address

Your company or organization’s primary office should be listed in Part 1, Question 3.

Providing Additional Information

In addition to Part 5, Question 3, you may also use Part 9 of Form I-129 (with a revision date of 01/17/2017) to list additional worksite locations if you need extra space.

California Service Center Filings

File Form I-129 with the CSC if the petitioner’s primary office is located in:

  • Alaska
  • Arizona
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Guam
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oregon
  • South Dakota
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Washington
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming
  • If you are filing a major league sports-related P petition, you must continue to file Form I-129 with the VSC.   

Vermont Service Center Filings

File Form I-129 with the VSC if the petitioner’s primary office is located in:

  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • District of Columbia
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Mississippi
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • Oklahoma
  • Pennsylvania
  • Puerto Rico
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • West Virginia

Premium Processing

If you are requesting premium processing services for a Form I-129, you must also file Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Services. Before you file the Form I-129/I-907 package, check uscis.gov to ensure that the requested classification is eligible for premium processing.

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Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization

By Bill at May 26, 2015 21:49
Filed Under: Visa Knowledge

Note: If you are filing Form I-765 with another form type, such as Form I-539, please file both forms at the location specified by the other form. The below addresses should be used when Form I-765 is not being submitted with another form.

Eligibility Category 8 CFR Category Description Filing Location
274a.12    
(a)(1) Lawful Permanent Resident Separate employment authorization card not required. Use Form I-551 (Permanent Residence Card).
(a)(3) Refugee USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(a)(4) Paroled as a Refugee USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(a)(5) Asylee (Granted Asylum) USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(a)(6) K-1 Nonimmigrant Fiancé of a USC or K-2 Dependent USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(a)(7) N-8 or N-9 Nonimmigrant USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(a)(8) Admitted as Citizen of Micronesia/Marshall Is. USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(a)(9) K-3 Nonimmigrant Spouse of USC or K-4 Dependent USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(a)(10) Granted Withholding of Removal or Withholding of Deportation USCIS Chicago Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service:

USCIS
P.O. Box 805887
Chicago, IL 60680-4120

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: FBAS
131 South Dearborn-3rdFloor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517
(a)(11) Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) granted File according to the most recent Federal Register notice for your country’s DED order.
(a)(12) Temporary Protected Status

Granted

 See instructions in the Federal Register notice for your country’s TPS designation.
Temporary Protected Status Granted - replacement of a valid lost, stolen or mutilated employment authorization card. USCIS Vermont Service Center

This address may be used for both US Postal Service and private courier deliveries:

USCIS
Vermont Service Center
Attn: TPS
75 Lower Welden St.
St. Albans, VT 05479-0001
(a)(13) Family Unity Benefits Granted USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(a)(14) LIFE Act Family Unity Granted For U.S. Postal Service:

USCIS
P.O. Box 7219
Chicago, IL 60680-7219

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: VKL
131 South Dearborn-3rdFloor
Chicago, IL 60603-7219
(a)(15) V-1, V-2, or V-3 Nonimmigrant USCIS Chicago Lockbox

For U. S. Postal Service:

USCIS
P.O. Box 7219
Chicago, IL 60680-7219

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: VKL
131 South Dearborn-3rdFloor
Chicago, IL 60680-7219
(a)(16) T-1 Nonimmigrant This address may be used for both US Postal Service and private courier deliveries:

USCIS
Vermont Service Center
Attn: I-765
75 Lower Welden St.
St. Albans, VT 05479-0001
(a)(17) Spouse of an E-1/E-2 Treaty Trader or Investor, or Spouse of an E-3 Certain Specialty Occupation Professional from Australia USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(a)(18) Spouse of an L-1 Intracompany Transferee USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(a)(19) U-1 Nonimmigrant USCIS
Vermont Service Center
Attn: I-765
75 Lower Welden St.
St. Albans, VT 05479-0001
(a)(20) U-2, U-3, U-4 or U-5 Nonimmigrant USCIS
Vermont Service Center
Attn: I-765
75 Lower Welden St.
St. Albans, VT 05479-0001
Eligibility Category 8 CFR Category Description Filing Location
274a.12    
(c)(1) Spouse/Dependent of Foreign Government Official Department of State
(c)(2) Spouse/Dependent of Employee of the Coordination Council NA Affairs USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(c)(3)(i)

SeeNOTE

 F-1 Optional Practical Training (OPT)

 

NOTE: Do not use the (c)(3)(i) category on your application. Use one of the following categories instead:

 

(c)(3)(A), Pre-Completion OPT

 

(c)(3)(B), Post-Completion OPT

 

(c)(3)(C), 17 Month Extension for an F-1 Student who has received a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM), that appears on the STEM designated Degree Program List published on the SEVP website available through the Related Links on thewww.uscis.gov website

 USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(c)(3)(ii) F-1 Offered Employment Under the International Organization Immunities Act USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(c)(3)(iii) F-1 Seeking Off-Campus Employment Due to Severe Economic Hardship USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(c)(4) Spouse/Dependent of G-1, 3, 4 Nonimmigrant Department of State/United States Mission to the UN (alien's sponsoring organization)
(c)(5) J-2 Nonimmigrant status USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(c)(6) M-1 Practical Training USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(c)(7) Dependent of NATO-1 Through NATO-7 Submit your application through your principal’s sponsoring organization and your application will be reviewed and forwarded by DOS, USUN, or NATO/SACLANT 
(c)(8) Asylum applicant USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
Asylum applicant under special ABC filing instructions and you are filing your asylum and EAD applications together. Mail to the USCIS Service Center where you are filing your asylum application.
(c)(9) Pending Family Based Form I-485 Application to Register Permanent Resident or Adjust Status pursuant to Section 245 of the INA pending, and you filed your application with the USCIS Chicago Lockbox, and your receipt number begins with “MSC,” or you filed with the Immigration Judge USCIS Chicago Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service:

USCIS
P.O. Box 805887
Chicago, IL 60680-4120

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: FBAS
131 South Dearborn-3rdFloor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517
Pending Employment Based Form I-485 Application to Adjust Status pursuant to Section 245 of the INA USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(c)(10) Applicant for Section 244 Suspension of Deportation or 240A Cancellation of Removal (applicants who are NOT eligible for NACARA 203 Relief) USCIS Chicago Lockbox

U.S. Postal Service:

USCIS
PO Box 805887
Chicago, IL 60680-4120

 

Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: FBAS
131 South Dearborn-3rdFloor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517
Applicant for Special Rule Cancellation of Removal under NACARA USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(c)(11) Paroled in the Public Interest USCIS Chicago Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service:

USCIS
P.O. Box 805887
Chicago, IL 60680-4120

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: FBAS
131 South Dearborn-3rdFloor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517
(c)(12) Not in use  
(c)(13) Not in use  
(c)(14) Deferred Action Granted USCIS Chicago Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service:

USCIS
PO Box 805887
Chicago, IL 60680-4120

 

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: FBAS
131 South Dearborn-3rdFloor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517
An alien who has been granted Deferred Action as a surviving spouse or qualified child, or based

on an approved Form I-360 filed for a battered or abused spouse or child

 USCIS Vermont Service Center 
75 Lower Welden St.
St. Albans, VT 05479-0001
(c)(15) Not in use  
(c)(16) Adjustment Applicant Based on Continuous Residence Since January 1, 1972 USCIS Chicago Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service:

USCIS
P.O. Box 805887
Chicago, IL 60680-4120

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: FBAS
131 South Dearborn-3rdFloor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517
(c)(17)(i) B-1 Nonimmigrant Who is the Personal or Domestic Servant of a Nonimmigrant Employer USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(c)(17)(ii) B-1 Nonimmigrant Who is a Domestic Servant of a USC USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(c)(17)(iii) B-1 Nonimmigrant Employed by a Foreign Airline USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(c)(18) Final Order of Deportation and Release on Order of Supervision USCIS Chicago Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service:

USCIS
P.O. Box 805887
Chicago, IL 60680-4120

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: FBAS
131 South Dearborn-3rdFloor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517
(c)(19) Temporary Treatment Benefits during pendency of an Application for Temporary Protected Status or Application to Extend TPS Status Please refer to the Federal Register notice orTemporary Protected Status Web page for more information on where to file your form and to see if online filing is available for your designated country.
(c)(20) Pending Form I-700, Application for Temporary Resident Status as a Special Agricultural Worker Under Sec 210 of the Immigration and Nationality Act USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox, based on where you live (See address below).
(c)(21) S Nonimmigrant Don't use Form I-765. See USCIS Contact
(c)(22) Pending Form I-687 Application for Status as a Temporary Resident Under Sec 245A of the Immigration and Nationality Act USCIS Chicago Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service:

USCIS
P.O. Box 7219
Chicago, IL 60680-7219

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: VKL
131 South Dearborn-3rdFloor
Chicago, IL 60603-7219
(c)(23) Q Nonimmigrant Do not use Form I-765. I-94 used.
(c)(24) LIFE Legalization Applicant USCIS Chicago Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service:

USCIS
P.O. Box 7219
Chicago, IL 60680-7219

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: VKL
131 South Dearborn-3rdFloor
Chicago, IL 60603-7219
(c)(25) T-2, T-3, or T-4 Nonimmigrant This address may be used for both US Postal Service and private courier deliveries:

USCIS
Vermont Service Center
Attn: I-765
75 Lower Welden St.
St. Albans, VT 05479-0001
(c)(26)

H-4 Spouse of an H-1B Nonimmigrant

File with the USCIS Dallas Lockbox Facilityif the receipt number of your H-1B principal spouse’s most recent Form I-797 Notice of Approval for Form I-129 begins with EAC orLIN

File with the USCIS Phoenix Lockbox Facility if the receipt number of your H-1B principal spouse’s most recent Form I-797 Notice of Approval for Form I-129 begins with SRC or WAC

USCIS Dallas Lockbox Facility

U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

USCIS
PO Box 660921
Dallas, TX 75266

For Express Mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: H4
2501 S. State Hwy. 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067

USCIS Phoenix Lockbox Facility

U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

USCIS
P.O. Box 20400
Phoenix, AZ 85036

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: H4
1820 E. Skyharbor Circle S
Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85034
(c)(31) VAWA Self-Petitioners USCIS
Vermont Service Center
Attn: I-765
75 Lower Welden St.
St. Albans, VT 05479-0001
(c)(33) Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals when filing with Form I-821D.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals when decided by U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

 Mail your Forms I-765 and I-765WS together with Form I-821D to the Form I-821D filing address

 

USCIS Chicago Lockbox Facility

U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

USCIS
P.O. Box 5757
Chicago, IL 60680-5757

For Express Mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: DACA
131 South Dearborn-3rdFloor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517

 

USCIS Phoenix and Dallas Lockbox facilities
If you live in: Mail your application to:

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado,
Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota,
Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands.

 USCIS Phoenix Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service (USPS) deliveries:

USCIS
PO Box 21281
Phoenix, AZ 85036

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: AOS
1820 E. Skyharbor Circle S
Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85034

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware,
District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Mississippi,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico,
New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,
Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont,
Virginia, U.S. Virgin Islands,
or West Virginia

 USCIS Dallas Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Deliveries:

USCIS
PO Box 660867
Dallas, TX 75266

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: AOS
2501 S. State Hwy. 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067

E-Notification: If you want to receive an e-mail and/or a text message that your Form I-765 has been accepted at a USCIS Lockbox facility, complete Form G-1145, E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance and clip it to the first page of your application.

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